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Mar 16th 2021 at 2:00:05 PM •••

Pulled Broken Base entry as it can't be added until six month post-release:

The Ending

Broken Base: The ending. People have been divided, more or less, into five camps;
- Those that think the ending is empowering because, despite being overpowered and killed, Cassie ultimately gets the last laugh, and everyone involved (except Jordan Green) is left to live with the legal and moral consequences.
- Those that think the ending is justified in its realism, because Cassie is a petite woman, of average fitness, with no apparent self-defense training, and Al's handcuff breaking is just bad luck. They also agree that it's realistic because it reflects how hard it is for women to find justice in the real world. This is how Emerald Fennell feels about it.
- Those that think the ending is not empowering because, even if Cassie planned for it, she still died in a horribly disempowering way, and she's still not around to see her revenge completed. Most of them also have a problem with the fact that Al is ultimately only facing justice for murder, and not for Nina's rape. There are some that also believe the ending sends an incredibly hopeless message to survivors.
- Those that think the ending is justified because the moment Cassie resorts to violence to get revenge, she immediately pays for it. Reasons vary from seeing Cassie's attempt as Suicidal Overconfidence, seeing Cassie resorting to violence as Jumping Off the Slippery Slope compared to her previous tactics, to seeing it as Cassie ultimately being consumed by her quest for revenge.
- And finally, those that think the ending is unrealistic, simply because Cassie relies on the police to bring Al to justice, when the film has already explored how institutions can often fail survivors, and is seemingly undermining its own message. Then again, the difference that this time, the lawyer who got Al off originally is now on Cassie's side, and there is now undeniable evidence for both Nina's Rape and Cassie's murder.

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alliedcola Since: Jul, 2016

Jun 26th 2021 at 9:21:56 AM •••

This has been added back onto the YMMV page.

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